Olentangy Local Schools Superintendent Wade Lucas plans to retire from his post Aug. 31, after overseeing six years of growth in the Delaware County district. Since 2009, Lucas, 55, has led the district, which has been among the state's fastest growing.
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With Hernan Grana away for the birth of his son in his native Argentina, Chris Klute seems most likely to benefit. Acquired from Colorado via trade during the Major League Soccer SuperDraft, Klute brings three years of MLS experience to Crew SC.
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A new report has found that rates can vary from one company to the next by as much as a whopping $1,000 per year in the Columbus area. "We have seen our sample Columbus motorist getting quoted anywhere between $528 and $1,519 annually for the same basic coverage," said Frankie Kuo, an analyst for personal-finance research firm ValuePenguin, which produced the report.
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The final number of goals scored by FC Dallas and Crew SC tonight accurately reflected how many preseason games each team had played. Wednesday afternoon on the indoor fields at SuperKick in Lewis Center, coach Gregg Berhalter said the goal was to build match fitness.
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Friday afternoon, Crew SC will take to the field against an opponent for the first time this preseason when it faces FC Dallas as part of the ATX Pro Challenge in Austin, Texas. In doing so, the Crew will be the second-to-last team in Major League Soccer to play a preseason game.
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The Major League Soccer season begins in 22 days, but Crew SC midfielder Ethan Finlay said it could be in jeopardy unless the league is willing to work with the players' union on several issues. The sides continue to meet weekly, but progress on a collective-bargaining agreement has been minimal.
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When Wil Trapp and Dillon Serna were roommates for road trips with the University of Akron, the two had plenty to talk about. But during that 2012 season, one possibility never came up: the thought that the two would be rooming together while in camp for the United States senior national team.
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Yesterday marked the first of only three days that will see Crew SC training close to home base during this preseason. With temperatures in the upper 20s, coach Gregg Berhalter oversaw a session on the indoor fields at SuperKick in Lewis Center .
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For two more days, mostly sunny skies and poolside workouts are memories for Crew SC. As the Major League Soccer preseason grinds on, Monday marked the first of only three days the team will spend in central Ohio preparing for the 2015 season.
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Today marks the beginning of a three-day span during which Crew SC will be training here in central Ohio. Under the artificial lights at SuperKick in Lewis Center, reporters will be allowed to watch about 15 minutes of training for each of the next three days before the team is off to Austin, Texas, for its first preseason games.
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It was the 1950s, and Harris had already built his first radio and was eager to get his hands on the guts of an amplifier. He tinkered with machines throughout an adult life that included a series of entrepreneurial ventures, but waited until his retirement - a word that his family would put in quotes - to turn the amps into a business.
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RadioShack said yesterday that it could close as many as 81 stores in Ohio, including 14 in central Ohio, as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing this week. Stores in greater Columbus that the company said might close are: 5332 Westpointe Plaza Dr., 1500 Polaris Parkway, 3944 Morse Crossing, 3747 S. High St., 4264 Eastland Mall, 2344 Stringtown Rd., 95 Huber Village Blvd., 2412 Taylor Park Dr., 2710 Bethel Rd., and 82 Meadow Park Ave. in Lewis Center.
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Benishek's knee torments him starting around mile 3. He tried physical therapy, but it didn't relieve the pain. The likely source is his iliotibial band, or IT band, a strong, thick band of fibrous tissue that runs along the outside of the leg.
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The Tuesday letter "Closing polls disenfranchises voters" from Roger Krueger claimed that closing polling places in the name of cost savings, is an absurd and obvious effort to dissuade the poor and minorities from voting. Is he mad? In Ohio we now have 35 days that we can vote in an election, and if Kreuger is concerned that people will have to travel out of their immediate living areas, then all I have to say about that is, "What a crock."
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Cintia Collins of Fairfield Christian Academy in Lancaster studies the leopards at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium as part of her studies in zoo school. She tries to figure out what engages the endangered animals so they don't pace in their exhibit space.
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Led by four actors from the touring Disney musical Newsies , the youngsters in Lewis Center gave "a greedy publisher" a piece of their minds in the newsiest way possible: through song and dance. "Today, we're going to pretend we're all newsies," said Nico DeJesus, who appears as Romeo in the show, which continues through Sunday at the Ohio Theatre.
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World War II veteran Norm Smith, 93, shows a photocopy of the program for a 1940 track meet where he met Olympic runner Louis Zamperini, the subject of the movie Unbroken. Smith has a collection of World War II-related photos, magazines and other items.
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Times: 8 a.m. Sunday for the 50-, 40- and 30-kilometer distances, 8:15 a.m. for 20K, 8:30 a.m. for 10K; same times for races on Feb.8 Registration: $90 for series, $50 for individual event Several weekends in early 2014, Morgan Green found herself bundled up with a rake in her hand clearing fallen branches and leaves to create a trail at Alum Creek State Park. "It was really hard work - and it was in the dead of winter," said the 26-year-old Grandview Heights resident.
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